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First Book Quotes

I was at the end of my tether when my first book was published. For eight years I didn’t make a penny, I worked so hard, didn’t drink, didn’t enjoy life Picture Quote #1

When I was on the bestseller list with the first book, everyone who knows me knows that every week it continued to be on the list was a very dark week for me. Everyone knows that all I wanted was to be off that list Picture Quote #1

I feel a kind of reverence for the first books of young authors. There is so much aspiration in them, so much audacious hope and trembling fear, so much of the heart’s history, that all errors and shortcomings are for a while lost sight of in the amiable self assertion of youth Picture Quote #1

Your first book is the only one that matters. Perhaps a writer should write only that one. That is the one moment when you make the big leap; the opportunity to express yourself is offered that once, and you untie the knot within you then or never again Picture Quote #1

I am no fan of books. And chances are, if you’re reading this, you and I share a healthy skepticism about the printed word. Well, I want you to know that this is the first book I’ve ever written, and I hope it’s the first book you’ve ever read. Don’t make a habit of it Picture Quote #1

One can’t prescribe books, even the best books, to people unless one knows a good deal about each individual person. If a man is keen on reading, I think he ought to open his mind to some older man who knows him and his life, and to take his advice in the matter, and above all, to discuss with him the first books that interest him Picture Quote #1

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My first book took five years to write and I made $1,000 on it. The second took three years and I made $3,000. All this time I was a housewife being supported by a husband. I was very lucky Picture Quote #1

I’d only read a bit of the first book. and I just knew about all the media furor over it. But I’d not read books 2 or 3. I’d just read a bit of it. and I’d seen the films Picture Quote #1

I wrote my first books when I was single and then I got married and then had a kid and there were different things happening in my life Picture Quote #1

If a law were passed giving six months to every writer of a first book, only the good ones would do it Picture Quote #1

One professor in college told me flat out I wasn’t good enough to enter the creative writing program. I saved that letter and promised myself I would send it back to her when my first book came out Picture Quote #1

Opine... Judicious mothers will always keep in mind, that they are the first book read, and the last put aside, in every child’s library Picture Quote #1

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I have written a few children’s books. The first book that I wrote was for children. It was called “The Package”, and it was a mystery story in pictures. It had no words Picture Quote #1

I wrote my first book, I published it in 1955, it was in Jiddish and it was called And The World Was Silent Picture Quote #1

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I was at the end of my tether when my first book was published. For eight years I didn’t make a penny, I worked so hard, didn’t drink, didn’t enjoy life (First Book Quotes) When I was on the bestseller list with the first book, everyone who knows me knows that every week it continued to be on the list was a very dark week for me. Everyone knows that all I wanted was to be off that list (First Book Quotes) I feel a kind of reverence for the first books of young authors. There is so much aspiration in them, so much audacious hope and trembling fear, so much of the heart’s history, that all errors and shortcomings are for a while lost sight of in the amiable self assertion of youth (First Book Quotes) Your first book is the only one that matters. Perhaps a writer should write only that one. That is the one moment when you make the big leap; the opportunity to express yourself is offered that once, and you untie the knot within you then or never again (First Book Quotes) I am no fan of books. And chances are, if you’re reading this, you and I share a healthy skepticism about the printed word. Well, I want you to know that this is the first book I’ve ever written, and I hope it’s the first book you’ve ever read. Don’t make a habit of it (First Book Quotes) One can’t prescribe books, even the best books, to people unless one knows a good deal about each individual person. If a man is keen on reading, I think he ought to open his mind to some older man who knows him and his life, and to take his advice in the matter, and above all, to discuss with him the first books that interest him (First Book Quotes) My first book took five years to write and I made $1,000 on it. The second took three years and I made $3,000. All this time I was a housewife being supported by a husband. I was very lucky (First Book Quotes) I’d only read a bit of the first book. and I just knew about all the media furor over it. But I’d not read books 2 or 3. I’d just read a bit of it. and I’d seen the films (First Book Quotes) I wrote my first books when I was single and then I got married and then had a kid and there were different things happening in my life (First Book Quotes) If a law were passed giving six months to every writer of a first book, only the good ones would do it (First Book Quotes) One professor in college told me flat out I wasn’t good enough to enter the creative writing program. I saved that letter and promised myself I would send it back to her when my first book came out (First Book Quotes) Opine... Judicious mothers will always keep in mind, that they are the first book read, and the last put aside, in every child’s library (First Book Quotes) I have written a few children’s books. The first book that I wrote was for children. It was called “The Package”, and it was a mystery story in pictures. It had no words (First Book Quotes) I wrote my first book, I published it in 1955, it was in Jiddish and it was called And The World Was Silent (First Book Quotes)

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